How to create an opening that makes readers care
Another month, and another of our authors’ Round Robins. This month, our topic has been…
writing tips
Helena Fairfax
amwriting
character development
Emotional Depth
Fiction writing
Narrative Structure
novel writing
science fiction writers
Writers of Bluesky
Writers of Instagram
Writing Community
Writing Fundamentals
writing tips
#Writing Fundamentals: One of Two Things Your #Novel May Lack
#Amwriting #WritingCommunity #Writers (Beth Turnage Blog) Coming Up Short? You May Be Skipping Your Character’s…
Beth Riggott-Turnage
author craft
caregiving
character development
characterization
female characters
Fiction writing
Gender Roles
gender stereotypes
Loose Ends
novel writing
The Craft of Writing
The Justix Files
unconscious bias
women in fiction
writing craft
writing diverse characters
writing tips
The Craft of #Writing: Facepalm—I Made My Female Characters Caretakers
#WritingCraft #CharacterDevelopment #WomenInFiction #WritingTips #AmWriting (Miss Primm Blog) In the Justix files, a Neo Noir…
Miss Primm
carton house
duke of leinster
family history
fitzgerald family
genealogy
History
Ireland
Irish history
stately homes
stella tillyard
writing tips
My ancestor the First Duke of Leinster, and a visit to his stunning home, Carton House, Co. Kildare
This month I’m having a change from my usual posts about writing and editing, to…
authors
characterisation
creating compelling characters
editing
emma
felicity at the cross hotel
jane austen
round robin
show don't tell
the silk romance
Writers
writing
writing tips
How to bring your fictional characters to life – flaws and all
How to create characters readers will care about — giving them clear goals, believable flaws,…
how to harness creativity
how to increase word count
how to write better and faster
spslive
tom donnelly
writing productively
writing tips
Some excellent tips on writing consistently and productively from the Self Publishing Show Live #spslive
Last week I was at the Self Publishing Show Live conference at County Hall in…
hooking the reader
how to hook your readers
opening lines
tips on first chapters
writing compelling characters
writing tips
Chapter One: 3 tips for hooking the reader and setting the tone of your novel
Another month, and another of our authors’ Round Robins. This month, our topic has been…
Do the mash-up: the joys and pitfalls of blended literary genres
Another month, and another of our authors’ Round Robins. This month, author Skye Taylor has…
beginning writers
book editing
Daphne du Maurier
developmental editing
emotional contradiction
false certainty
fiction craft
fiction writers
first lines
five Ws
Ghostwriting
hook
Hunter S. Thompson
Iain M. Banks
Ian Fleming
J.D. Salinger
J.R.R. Tolkien
Miss Primm
narrative hook
novel writing
opening lines
Patrick Walsh
power words
prose style
short story writing
story openings
storytelling
temporal disruption
The Craft of Writing
universal experience
writing advice
writing craft
writing tips
The Craft of #Writing: Hooking the Reader With Your First Line
The First Line Is Not a Warm-Up What opening lines should do—and why many writers…
books
creative writing
erika l sanchez
fiction
i am not your mexican daughter
sensory language
using imagery in writing
writing
writing tips
How using the senses in your writing can bring your characters to life
Another month, and another authors’ Round Robin. This month our topic is set by author…